Dude...for the stock calipers, just use a beefy screw driver and pry the caliper carrier against the caliper. There was a video posted a few weeks ago...it's money! So much better than dealing with another tool...you'll need the screwdriver for the anti-rattle clip and to pop off the guide bolt caps.

I use a $50 lisle pad spreader from amazon. Works great but it pushes on the tabs of the pads and I was hoping I could insert it into the caliper and push on the pistons.

But, it works great. Only issue is that if you need to FULLY retract the pistons for brand new pads on brand new rotors, you may have to wait for a second because the spreader has barely enough range of motion to get the pistons pushed all the way in.

I use a $50 lisle pad spreader from amazon. Works great but it pushes on the tabs of the pads and I was hoping I could insert it into the caliper and push on the pistons.

But, it works great. Only issue is that if you need to FULLY retract the pistons for brand new pads on brand new rotors, you may have to wait for a second because the spreader has barely enough range of motion to get the pistons pushed all the way in.

The tool is fully extended so you can't quickly compress the pistons. Not a big deal at all...just wanted to make that known. I love the tool, makes pad changes for fixed calipers with removable bridges super easy.

The tool is fully extended so you can't quickly compress the pistons. Not a big deal at all...just wanted to make that known. I love the tool, makes pad changes for fixed calipers with removable bridges super easy.

So it's just a case of needing to run the tool all the way out to change the pads?